Clevedon Swimming Club ran riot in the latest heat of this year's Mini Series competition at Keynsham Leisure Centre on Saturday 28th July. On paper the squad looked weakened by unavailability caused by the holiday season and injury. Many of the squad's stars were in action, but they were almost eclipsed by the performance of the less experienced members.

In the first 10 races Clevedon opened up a 9 point lead and continued to pull away from all the others finally winning by a record 69 point margin! Clevedon's dominance was such that they won a total of 24 races out of 53 in total and finished second in a similar number. Final points position was:

Clevedon 261
Bristol Central 192
Bishopsworth 176
Soundwell 175
Bristol North 151
Bristol Penguins 130

Star swimmer for Clevedon was Liam Wakefield for a stunning swimming performance. PB's were gained on the night by:

Matthew Bray, Bethan Clark, Matthew Ford (2), Luke Gardiner, Emily Harden, Ben Horner, Heather Jones, Tom Jones (3), Suzannah King, Steff Reynolds (2), Amber Summerell, Liam Wakefield (2) and Christopher Warren.

Clevedon had two swimmers in action at the Solent Open Water Championship last weekend. Gary Carpenter defied choppy sea conditions to win the 4k race in a blistering 59.02 min time - so continuing his impressive build up to his Bristol Channel attempt scheduled for August 24th. Gary can be seen swimming 5 hour training sessions in the Marine Lake on a regular basis.

Len Hurley swam in the 2k race on the Solent for the 20th time! Len is preparing to take part in the famous Clevedon Long Swim on the 11th August. Len is a founder member of the Middle Yeo Surf Lifesaving Club and will be swimming the long swim for the 50th consecutive time!

Graham Feboul
Press Officer